Marsha Ivins
- STS -32 ( 1990)
- STS -46 (1992)
- STS -62 (1994)
- STS -81 (1997)
- STS -98 ( 2001)
Marsha Sue Ivins ( born April 15, 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States) is a former American astronaut.
Ivins received in 1973 a Bachelor's degree in aeronautics and aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado.
Subsequently, she worked from July 1974 to 1980 as an engineer at the Johnson Space Center of NASA, among other things, the development of displays for the Space Shuttle cockpit. From 1980 she was employed as a technician for the Shuttle Training Aircraft and co-driver for the administration of NASA aircraft, a Gulfstream 1.
Astronauts activity
Ivins competed unsuccessfully for the ninth group of NASA astronauts. In May 1984, she was nonetheless adopted by the tenth group, and then adapted for mission specialist.
STS -32
With the Space Shuttle Columbia Ivins flew on January 9, 1990 for the first time into space. The main tasks of the flight was the successful launch of the communications satellite Syncom IV -F5 and the mountains of the research platform LDEF with the robot arm.
STS -46
Ivins launched on the Space Shuttle Atlantis on July 31, 1992 on mission STS- 46th During the eight-day flight, the satellite EURECA was suspended and carried out trials with the Tethered Satellite System (TSS ).
STS -62
On March 4, 1994 Ivins aboard the space shuttle Columbia on its third space flight. Payload were the United States Microgravity Payload 2 ( USMP ) and Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology 2 ( ODST ). These payloads the effects of weightlessness could be explored.
STS -81
On January 12, 1997 Ivins flew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis to the Mir space station. The focus of the material transport and exchange of a crew member stood. Scientific experiments were in the middle deck of the ferry, others were housed in a Spacehab double module.
STS -98
Your last mission for the time being led on 7 February 2001 with the space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS). Here, the U.S. space laboratory Destiny was brought to the ISS and installed there. In addition, a docking port was added and brought supplies for the first long-term occupation.